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Blog posts tagged
"OpenStack"


Canonical
21 November 2012

Six near-future scenarios

Cloud and server Article

Enterprise cloud computing might be uncertain. But if you want to start making it happen then you’ve come to the right place. This new, free ebook will show you why Ubuntu is the ideal platform for the enterprise cloud. There are six major scenarios that will start to impact your business soon.Here are the six ...


Canonical
21 November 2012

What’s Ubuntu’s role in OpenStack?

Cloud and server Videos

Ubuntu is the fastest and best-supported route to creating an OpenStack cloud. ...


Canonical
14 November 2012

Cloud Model Checklist

Ubuntu open source

You have critical decisions ahead as you take your first steps into cloud computing. One of them will be whether to build a private cloud infrastructure in your own data centre, make use of one of the public cloud services offered by vendors like Amazon, Rackspace and HP, or combine the two in a ‘hybrid ...


Kyle MacDonald
14 November 2012

Cloud computing: private, public or both?

Cloud and server News

This article was published in Virtual Strategy magazine earlier this month. We think you’ll like it, so here it is. “A growing number of organisations worldwide are seeing the value of cloud computing as a way of increasing IT flexibility and lowering in-house infrastructure costs. However, achieving the right blend of security, control a ...


Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Your questions answered: the best of our webinars Q&A

Cloud and server Article

What protection is available against my organisation infringing another company’s intellectual property when we use open source software? (Question covered in the Ubuntu Cloud webinar) ANSWER The question is a serious one. Thousands of developers from around the world are involved in the creation of open source software, including Linux. ...


Mark Baker
12 November 2012

Do closed clouds slow down time to market?

Cloud and server News

Get close to the business. It is a maxim CIOs live by. It means understanding exactly what drives the organisation. In a downturn, everyone wants to cut costs, but in some businesses, this is not as important as other ambitions, such as accelerating product development. In the pharmaceuticals industry, for example, time to market for ...


Mark Baker
29 October 2012

The new Juju GUI: because a picture paints a thousand words

Ubuntu Server

Hardened sysadmins and operators often spurn graphical user interfaces (GUIs) as being slow, cumbersome, unscriptable and inflexible. GUIs are for wimps, right? Well, I’m not going to argue – and certainly, command line interfaces (CLIs) have their benefits, for those comfortable using them. But we are seeing a pronounced change in the in ...


Canonical
26 October 2012

Top 10 questions about Ubuntu Server

Desktop White paper

What’s different about Ubuntu Server? Is it secure enough to use in my business? Will it work on my hardware? Whether you’ve already deployed Ubuntu in your business or are just starting to consider it, we know that you’re bound to have questions as have others before you. We have asked our customer-facing technical heads ...


Canonical
18 October 2012

Ubuntu Server 12.10: all you need for cloud

Cloud and server News

Ubuntu 12.10 Server gives cloud developers and enterprises easy access to the latest open cloud technology, including OpenStack Folsom Canonical today announces that Ubuntu Server 12.10 will be available for download on the 18th October 2012. Ubuntu Server 12.10 includes the Folsom release of OpenStack, alongside deployment and management ...


Canonical
8 October 2012

What is OpenStack

Cloud and server Videos

OpenStack is big news. Canonical’s crack team of cloud experts explain why it’s going to change your business for good. ...


Canonical
8 October 2012

Cloud glossary and definitions

Cloud and server Article

Cloud has created its own vocabulary, with new words and phrases to describe technologies, practices and concepts that had scarcely been imagined five or ten years ago. And while everyone can agree on the definition of some of them, others are still in flux and used in different ways by different vendors and groups. It’s ...


Canonical
26 September 2012

Open cloud computing: mergers and aquisitions

Cloud and server News

Welcome to our new blog series. Over the next couple of months (at least) we’re going to take a look at the open cloud and what it means for businesses like yours. We believe there are lots of benefits to a genuine open cloud solution. And we’re going to start with a subject that always ...